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1953 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 84-69, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 656 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-74 Managed by Lou Boudreau Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,026,133 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 105   (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 108   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sammy White         24  136  476   59  130  34  2  13   64  29   48  .273  .318  .435   3   2  15   2   8           97
1B  Dick Gernert        24  139  494   73  125  15  1  21   71  88   82  .253  .371  .415   0   7   9   5   3          108
2B *Billy Goodman       27  128  514   73  161  33  5   2   41  57   11  .313  .384  .409   1   4   2   2   8          110
3B  George Kell         30  134  460   68  141  41  2  12   73  52   22  .307  .383  .483   5   2  10   5   3          128
SS  Milt Bolling        22  109  323   30   85  12  1   5   28  23   41  .263  .318  .353   1   4   4   3  13           77
OF  Jim Piersall        23  151  585   76  159  21  9   3   52  41   52  .272  .329  .354  11  10  12   9  19           81
OF  Tom Umphlett        23  137  495   53  140  27  5   3   59  34   30  .283  .331  .376   4   2  11   2   7           87
OF  Hoot Evers          32   99  300   39   72  10  1  11   31  23   41  .240  .301  .390   2   1   9   3   4           82
   *Gene Stephens       20   78  221   30   45   6  2   3   18  29   56  .204  .302  .290   3   3   1   2   2           57
   *Floyd Baker         36   81  172   22   47   4  2   0   24  24   10  .273  .365  .320   0   2   5   1   2           83
    Ted Lepcio          22   66  161   17   38   4  2   4   11  17   24  .236  .313  .360   0   0   5   1   2           78
    Johnny Lipon        30   60  145   18   31   7  0   0   13  14   16  .214  .283  .262   1   0   5   0   7           45
    Del Wilber          34   58  112   16   27   6  1   7   29   6   21  .241  .286  .500   0   0   5   1   1          104
   *Ted Williams        34   37   91   17   37   6  0  13   34  19   10  .407  .509  .901   0   1   1   0   0          267
   *Al Zarilla          34   57   67   11   13   2  0   0    4  14   13  .194  .333  .224   0   1   3   0   0           50
    Billy Consolo       18   47   65    9   14   2  1   1    6   2   23  .215  .239  .323   1   2   0   0   0           47
    Karl Olson          22   25   57    5    7   2  0   1    6   1    9  .123  .138  .211   0   0   4   0   0           -9
    Gus Niarhos         32   16   35    6    7   1  1   0    2   4    4  .200  .300  .286   0   1   0   1   1           56
    Jack Merson         31    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Dom DiMaggio        36    3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           77
    Al Richter          26    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             
    Clyde Vollmer       31    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0             

   *Mel Parnell         31   38   94    7   21   4  0   0    9   4   16  .223  .255  .266   1   0   0   0   6           38
   *Mickey McDermott    24   45   93    9   28   8  0   1   13   2   13  .301  .316  .419   0   1   2   0   0           93
    Hal Brown           28   30   58    5   17   5  0   1   10   2    5  .293  .328  .431   0   1   0   1   4           99
    Sid Hudson          38   30   50    3    7   0  1   0    6   2    4  .140  .173  .180   0   1   3   0   2           -6
   *Willard Nixon       25   23   42    4    8   1  0   0    3   5    9  .190  .277  .214   0   0   0   0   1           31
   *Bill Henry          25   21   32    2    6   1  1   0    4   0   10  .188  .188  .281   0   0   1   0   0           23
    Ellis Kinder        38   69   29    3   11   1  0   0    2   0    6  .379  .379  .414   0   0   0   0   1          110
    Ben Flowers         26   32   19    0    3   2  0   0    1   0    8  .158  .158  .263   0   0   1   0   1           10
    Marv Grissom        35   13   18    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2         -100
    Hersh Freeman       24   18   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .091  .091  .091   0   0   1   0   0          -52
    Ike Delock          23   23   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .100  .182  .100   0   0   0   0   0          -24
    Frank Sullivan      23   14    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           33
    Ken Holcombe        34    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
   *Bill Kennedy        32   16    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1          165
   *Bill Werle          32    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -5
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.4  153 5246  656 1385 255 37 101  614 496  601  .264  .328  .384  33  45 109  38  99           93
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    6    5   2  6   6        8    7     4     5     4   5   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Mel Parnell         31  38   3.06  21   8  0  34   2  12   5  241.0  217   98   82  15  116  136 1036   7   4  0     137
SP *Mickey McDermott    24  32   3.01  18  10  0  30   1   8   4  206.3  169   82   69   9  109   92  876   5   2  1     139
SP  Hal Brown           28  30   4.65  11   6  0  25   3   6   1  166.3  177   94   86  16   57   62  722   7   0  0      90
SP  Sid Hudson          38  30   3.52   6   9  2  17   6   4   0  156.0  164   65   61  13   49   60  665   0   4  0     119
SP  Willard Nixon       25  23   3.93   4   8  0  15   2   5   1  116.7  114   57   51   6   59   57  516   1   1  0     107
SP *Bill Henry          25  21   3.26   5   5  1  12   3   4   1   85.7   86   39   31   4   33   56  372   1   4  0     129
SP  Marv Grissom        35  13   4.70   2   6  0  11   1   1   1   59.3   61   34   31   5   30   31  263   2   1  0      89

CL  Ellis Kinder        38  69   1.85  10   6 27   0  51   0   0  107.0   84   30   22   8   38   39  441   1   2  1     227
RP  Ben Flowers         26  32   3.86   1   4  3   6  13   1   1   79.3   87   39   34   6   24   36  345   2   1  0     109
RP  Ike Delock          23  23   4.44   3   1  1   1   9   0   0   48.7   60   27   24   2   20   22  223   0   2  1      95
RP  Hersh Freeman       24  18   5.54   1   4  0   2   7   0   0   39.0   50   31   24   2   17   15  179   1   0  0      76
RP *Bill Kennedy        32  16   3.70   0   0  2   0   9   0   0   24.3   24   13   10   2   17   14  116   0   1  0     113

    Frank Sullivan      23  14   5.61   1   1  0   0   1   0   0   25.7   24   16   16   3   11   17  104   0   1  0      75
   *Bill Werle          32   5   1.54   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   11.7    7    3    2   1    1    4   42   0   0  0     272
    Ken Holcombe        34   3   6.00   1   0  1   0   2   0   0    6.0    9    4    4   0    3    1   30   1   0  0      70
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6 153   3.58  84  69 37 153 112  41  15 1373.0 1333  632  546  92  584  642 5930  28  23  3     117
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   4   5  2           7   4      5    5    5        1    5    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SWhite 131 588 68 9 9 .986 5 DWilber 28 90 7 2 0 .980 2 GNiarhos 16 61 5 1 2 .985 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 153 739 80 12 11 .986 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGernert 136 1223 84 19 139 .986 9.61 BGoodman 20 151 13 6 18 .965 8.20 DWilber 2 18 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 1392 97 25 159 .983 9.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .979 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGoodman 112 267 306 15 88 .974 5.12 TLepcio 34 71 85 3 25 .981 4.59 FBaker 16 45 36 1 12 .988 5.06 BConsolo 11 23 29 1 10 .981 4.73 JMerson 1 3 4 1 0 .875 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 409 460 21 135 .976 5.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .957 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GKell 124 114 231 10 23 .972 2.78 FBaker 37 22 57 3 6 .963 2.14 BConsolo 16 3 18 5 3 .808 1.31 TLepcio 11 10 18 2 2 .933 2.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 149 324 20 34 .959 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .966 4.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBolling 109 174 321 23 71 .956 4.54 JLipon 58 85 150 12 26 .951 4.05 TLepcio 20 15 52 1 10 .985 3.35 ARichter 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 275 524 36 108 .957 5.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JPiersall 151 352 15 5 7 .987 2.43 1 2 150 TUmphlett 136 382 12 7 1 .983 2.90 0 136 0 HEvers 93 161 3 2 0 .988 1.76 78 16 0 GStephens 72 113 2 4 0 .966 1.60 71 0 3 TWilliams 26 31 1 1 1 .970 1.23 26 0 0 KOlson 24 31 1 1 0 .970 1.33 23 2 0 AZarilla 18 17 1 1 0 .947 1.00 3 7 9 GKell 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.57 7 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 153 1091 35 21 9 .982 2.46 153 153 153 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MParnell 38 10 27 2 4 .949 1.38 MMcDermott 32 5 40 2 3 .957 1.96 HBrown 30 8 27 1 2 .972 1.89 SHudson 30 13 26 1 2 .975 2.25 WNixon 23 7 18 2 1 .926 1.93 EKinder 69 10 18 0 0 1.000 2.36 BHenry 21 4 11 1 0 .937 1.58 BFlowers 32 4 15 1 2 .950 2.16 MGrissom 13 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.21 IDelock 23 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.11 HFreeman 18 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.62 FSullivan 14 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.10 BKennedy 16 2 3 2 0 .714 1.85 BWerle 5 0 6 0 1 1.000 4.62 KHolcombe 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 72 211 12 16 .959 1.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Goodman .313 On-base % Goodman .384 Slugging % Kell .483 OPS Kell .866 Games Piersall 151 At Bats Piersall 585 Plate Appearances (approx.) Piersall 654 Runs Piersall 76 Hits Goodman 161 Total Bases Kell 222 Doubles Kell 41 Triples Piersall 9 Home Runs Gernert 21 RBI Kell 73 Bases on Balls Gernert 88 Strikeouts Gernert 82 Stolen Bases Piersall 11 Singles Piersall 126 Adjusted OPS+ Kell 128 Runs Created Kell 84 Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 22 Batting Wins Williams 2.1 Extra-Base Hits Kell 55 Times on Base Goodman 220 Offensive Win% Kell .681 Hit By Pitch Piersall 9 Sac. Hits Piersall 19 Grounded into Double Plays White 15 Caught Stealing Piersall 10 Power/Speed Number Kell 7.1 At Bats per Strikeout Goodman 46.7 At Bats per Home Run Gernert 23.5 Outs Piersall 467

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA McDermott 3.01 Wins Parnell 21 Won-Loss % Parnell .724 BB + H per IP (WHIP) McDermott 1.347 Hits Allowed/9IP McDermott 7.37 Bases on Balls/9IP Hudson 2.83 Strikeouts/9IP Parnell 5.08 Games Kinder 69 Saves Kinder 27 Innings Parnell 241.0 Strikeouts Parnell 136 Games Started Parnell 34 Comp. Games Parnell 12 Shutouts Parnell 5 Home Runs Allow. Brown 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Parnell 116 Hits Allowed Parnell 217 SO to Walk Hudson 1.22 Losses McDermott 10 Earned Runs Allow. Brown 86 Wild Pitches Brown and Parnell 7 Hit Batsmen Henry, Hudson, and Parnell 4 Batters Faced Parnell 1036 Games Finished Kinder 51 Adjusted ERA+ McDermott 139

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Billy Goodman (Starting 2B)
George Kell
Sammy White
Ted Williams

1952/1954

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